Columbus, OH

Blanco, TX

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Brigid Pfeifer

There were a number of celebrities who passed away within the past week, including two notable actresses: Shelley Duvall and Shannen Doherty. Shelley Duvall passed away on Thursday July 11th at her home in Blanco, Texas. The cause of death was complications from diabetes and news of her death was confirmed by her partner Dan Gilroy.

Two Beloved Hollywood Actresses Have Passed Away This Week

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

The American church is in crisis. After numerous scandals, distrust of the church is at an all-time high. Young people raised in the church are leaving at an alarming rate. And, in a society where loneliness and spiritual hunger are rampant, people are turning elsewhere for help. In this edition...

Why the American Church is in Crisis

The international opera star Aida Garifullina gave a concert in the Oxford Union. Normally, she’d bring her own pianist. Here, she was accompanied by Christian Wilson, Director of Music at Keble College.

Look, there’s an academic at my piano

Black history is rich, diverse, and full of remarkable achievements. From inventors to activists, Black people have made significant contributions to society. Did you know that the first open-heart surgery was performed by a Black surgeon, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, in 1893? Or that Madam C.J. Walker became the first female self-made millionaire in America through her hair care empire? Black culture has also profoundly influenced music, art, and literature globally. Understanding these facts not only honors their legacy but also enriches our collective knowledge. Let's dive into 15 fascinating facts about Black people that highlight their incredible impact on the world.

15 Facts About Black People

The Hollywood illusionist made a film of himself meeting, supposedly, the composer of Peter and the Wolf. You don’t have to look too closely to see that it’s not Prokofiev but a body double. He was a composer called Ingolf Dahl, a Stravinsky assistant well known in Hollywood.

When Walt Disney faked a meeting with Prokofiev

Kentucky State

The Atlantic

He has no business speaking for Kentucky.

‘Hillbilly’ Women Will Get No Help From J. D. Vance

Ann Arbor, MI

The Society for American Music has announced the death of Charles Hiroshi Garrett, general editor of the 2013 second edition of The Grove Dictionary of American Music. He was a member of the faculty of the University of Michigan since 2004.

Death of Grove editor, 58

The persistent journalist Axel Brüggemann has obtained confirmation of long-running rumours that the artistic director of the Salzburg Festival Markus Hinterhäuser has been blacklisted by the Cafe Bazar, a popular watering hole. Ours not to reason why, but the Salzburg press office has told Axel that ‘apart from...

Salzburg artistic director is banned from local cafe

Richard Bratby, in a poignant analysis in The Critic of the slow suicide of Arts Council England, concludes with this important point: The arm’s-length principle is one aspect of the Arts Council that needs to be inviolable. He blames its shortening chiefly on the last 14 years of Conservative-led...

How short is an arm in the arts?

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Bucks County Beacon

“[I]nvoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” the Constitution of the Confederate States of America composed by southern slaveholders in 1861 sought to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The authors of Project 2025, the latest playbook for restructuring the federal government in order to accomplish the policy goals of Christian Nationalists, similarly declare their manifesto will “decide America’s future” by securing their “God-given individual rights to live freely” and exercise dominion over others.

Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025

The Independent

Politicians are like superheroes: it’s all about the origin story.For JD Vance, Donald Trump’s newly minted pick for vice president, the interrelation between the man and his story is everything. Not since a young lawyer called Barack Obama – with ambitions for reaching the Illinois state senate – published Dreams from My Father in 1995, has a memoir served to propel a political career quite like Vance’s 2016 book, Hillbilly Elegy.With its tale of multi-generational, cyclical poverty – stretching from Middletown, Ohio back into the hills of Appalachia – it was an overnight success. Vance was praised on the right for his unflinching...

What ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ can tell us about JD Vance and his right-wing beliefs

Bobby Short ‘invented’, perhaps ‘defined’ would be a better word, intimate cabaret for the New Yorkers of our own recent times. Urbane, elegant, perfectly groomed, he played the songs of the Great American Songbook at the Café Carlyle, at the Carlyle Hotel on Manhattan’s East Side. What started as a 2-week engagement lasted for more than 35 years.

Ruth Leon recommends…Bobby Short Live at Cafe Carlyle

Wyoming State

WyoFile

Caitlin Tan wanted to breed her childhood horse, JP, because she’s been “amazing” — the type of animal any equestrian would be lucky to have once in a lifetime. Having access to coveted bloodlines increased the allure. Via the Miller Ranch, she could pair her 18-year-old mare with a stud descendent of Playboy’s Buck Fever.

Cream of the crop: a cremello foal is born in Wyoming

The Italian soprano Elena Mauti Nunziata has died at the age of 77. She made her name internationally in a 1977 Madrid La traviata that is still considered a benchmark. She sang 26 times at the Met between 1977 and 1979.

Death of a superb Violetta

Coral Gables, FL

Edmond Thorne

Tragic End for South Florida Hispanic Building Tycoon Sergio Pino. Fort Lauderdale, FL - In a shocking turn of events, prominent South Florida homebuilder Sergio Pino was found dead in his Coral Gables home on Tuesday morning. The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that Pino died from an apparent suicide.

South Florida Tycoon Dead After FBI Raids on Homes and Office

As one of the world’s most isolated countries, North Korea exerts a unique fascination in the Western imagination. It’s easy to misrepresent a place which is so secretive, and which has little opportunity to correct the record. Often the subject of lurid, outlandish and factually dubious reporting, North Korea is typically portrayed as a cult-like dystopia, its inhabitants rendered as a faceless and undifferentiated mass.

This Photo Book Shows a Different Side to Life in North Korea

The award-laden Cuarteto Casals of Barcelona has lost its violist Jonathan Brown to a teaching vocation at Colburn in LA. Brown is replaced by his former student Cristina Cordero, 26, who was four years old when the quartet was formed in 1977. She says it’s a dream come true. ‘It...

Top quartet swaps violist

Georgia State

TIME

The founders did virtually nothing to abolish slavery because, fearing for their lives, they put their own safety first.

What Made America's Founders Perpetuate Slavery

To anyone familiar with them, accents are a giveaway about where you’re from. But according to a Preply survey, some American accents are more alluring than others. Is yours on the list of the most attractive accents in the US?. Findings. Preply surveyed 1,000 individuals to determine how they...

5 American Accents People Love the Most

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BeethovenFest to feature colonialism, exploitation and LGBTQ+

The Bonn festival, in October, has booked Belgium’s B’Rock Orchestra to contextualise the first symphony:. The B’Rock Orchestra feels like an integral...

BeethovenFest to feature colonialism, exploitation and LGBTQ+

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